Kahanec's new journal article on how migration may reduce inequality

Kahanec's new journal article on how migration may reduce inequality

How skilled immigration may improve economic equality, in IZA
Journal of Migration 2014, 3:2
The paper suggests that skilled
immigration promotes economic equality in advanced economies under
standard conditions. This is discussed and theoretically derived in a
core model, and empirically supported using unique data from the WIID
database and OECD.

Mobile workers involve flows of labor and human capital and contribute
to a more efficient allocation of resources. However, migration also
changes relative wages, alters the distribution of skills and affects
equality in the receiving society. The paper suggests that skilled
immigration promotes economic equality in advanced economies under
standard conditions. This is discussed and theoretically derived in a
core model, and empirically supported using unique data from the WIID
database and OECD.